Procurement Contract Manager - OJEU - NHS Procurement

We are looking for experienced Procurement Contract Managers to lead teams to complete numerous, complex multi-million-pound contracts through OJEU frameworks to contract launch. We currently have 2 roles with the responsible for leading all aspects of procurement contract management for either. Tower 5 (Rehabilitation, Disabled Services, Women’s Health and Associated Consumables) Tower 2 (Sterile Intervention Equipment and Associated Consumables). Role Info: Procurement Contract Manager x 2 - Clinical Products for the NHS Normanton | £41,633 - £52,205.70 Business Lease Car Benefits What we do: We save money for the NHS Collaborative Procurement Partnership delivers effective procurement initiatives to source and supply surgical medical equipment and consumables. The Procurement Contract Manager Role: We believe our people make CPP great. Do you look at things differently? Are you looking for a procurement role where you can make an impact, drive change, and grow your career? At CPP, our employees are challenged to try new things, empowered to develop their own career path and create their own story. You’ll be responsible for supporting contract development and ensuring performance delivery whilst driving value for money across multiple contracts compliant routes to market, working alongside category and clinical colleagues. Reporting to the National Category Manager, you will be responsible for the successful delivery of category frameworks and contracts, innovative offerings, and thinking outside the box to develop strategies to exceed the Tower’s savings targets and drive our growth in transacted sales. This will include: Managing complex multi-million-pound bids on behalf of the tower, advising on risk and ensuring the Tower adheres to contracting regulations & responsibilities Ensure a partnership approach with key customers in the NHS Supply Chain such as SCCL and the NHS Trust customers, building and managing excellent relationships with suppliers to maximise savings and leverage Lead, manage and inspire a small but talented procurement contract team with responsibility for areas such as recruitment, health and safety and team well-being. Support the National Category Manager both strategically and operationally contributing to the development of category and sourcing strategies and leading all contracting activities, providing commercial insight and legal expertise Produce robust tendering documentation, templates, reports and supporting information Work collaboratively with CPP colleagues, and other key functional interfaces at Supply Chain Coordination Limited, to ensure CPP becomes an integral and trusted Category Service Provider. Undertake contract spend management across all contracts under management to ensure they do not exceed permitted contract values and to monitor compliance. Track and manage contract extensions, contract variations and contract renewals and ensure all such negotiations / discussions are conducted professionally at all times. Develop plans to manage all contract and ensure that targeted efficiencies are realised. Develop and maintain an accurate contracts database. Maintain strategic sourcing across the board: Manage pre-procurement activity e.g. pre-qualification documents, specification etc Select suppliers to participate in Requests for Quotation, Invitation to Tender, mini competitions Publishing tenders (ITT) Managing tender returns and evaluation. Making award recommendations / approvals and notifying decisions. Final contract documents and awards. Lead on ensuring that the procurement process is compliant with all statutory requirements and well as relevant local policies, standards and procedures. Who you are: You will have at least 5 years’ experience of procurement, development, monitoring and management of contracts with significant financial value £m at a senior level in a supply chain environment You will have expert knowledge of PCR 15 / OJEU tendering from initiation of PID through to contract award, you ideally will have experience in the public sector procurement, particularly from NHS or a complex multi-layered organisation You will be able to demonstrate significant experience of achieving targets whilst delivering and working to deadlines. You are a natural leader, line-manager and mentor Ideally you will already be CIPS qualified (or working towards) You are results and detail focused, responding naturally to pressure and demanding deadlines You have exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills and the ability to maintain an extensive network of contacts Have highly developed numerical and analytical skills with strong Excel knowledge and have expert use of eProcurement software such as Proactis/Bravo/Due North etc Be confident and articulate with an engaging manner and great energy, comfortable with delivering complex reports to senior management and stakeholders Already a car driver and willing to travel to other CPP, customer and supplier sites The Rewards: Salary: £41,633 - £52,205 Business car lease scheme (for roles with travel over 4000 business miles per year) Workplace pension contributions 25 days holiday entitlement & opportunity to purchase 5 more days & 8 days bank holidays Death in service benefit Excellent opportunities for career development A friendly, supportive and energetic working environment Interested? 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